In this base world, full of poverty and misery, for the first time I thought a ray of sunshine had shone on my life. But alas, it was not a sunbeam, rather it was only a transient beam, a shooting star, which appeared to me in the likeness of a woman or an angel.

Summary

This quote expresses the speaker's perception of a brief moment of hope and joy in their otherwise challenging and bleak existence. They initially mistake this experience for a significant and enduring source of happiness, symbolized by the metaphor of a ray of sunshine. However, upon further reflection, they come to realize that this sensation was fleeting, akin to the fleeting nature of a shooting star. It is a bittersweet realization that what seemed like a profound change was only a temporary and illusory encounter with either a woman or an angel.

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